The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England
| Author | : Joseph Biancalana |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 522 |
| Release | : 2001-09-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781139430821 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1139430823 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (823 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England by : Joseph Biancalana
Download or read book The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England written by Joseph Biancalana and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-27 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fee tails were a heritable interest in land which was both inalienable and could only pass at death by inheritance to descendants of the original grantee. Biancalana's study considers the origins of the entail, and the development of a reliable legal mechanism for their destruction, the common recovery.